Hello, I’m Megan Rose.

 

I'm an artist drawn to the places where imagination, nature and the inner world meet.

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My relationship with art has been shaped by an unusual journey. I became ill at thirteen with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, and since then my life has often been governed by limitations I never expected to have. Pain, fatigue and long periods of isolation have changed my relationship with time, with everyday life, and with creating.

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Art has given me somewhere else to go.

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My work often begins quietly. A feeling, a fragment of an idea, a landscape that exists somewhere between memory and imagination. I am fascinated by the worlds that can grow from those small beginnings, particularly within fantasy. I love the sense of history and possibility found in imagined places: forests that seem to remember those who walked through them, distant mountains hiding stories, strange creatures glimpsed between the trees, and little details that suggest a much larger world beyond the frame.

I have always been inspired by artists who can make an imagined world feel tangible. The work of artists such as Alan Lee and John Howe has influenced my love of fantasy and atmospheric world-building, while many contemporary artists continue to inspire me through the wonderful, sometimes overwhelming, world of online art.

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Inspiration can be complicated, though.

I sometimes struggle with comparing my own work to the artists I admire. There are moments when it is easy to wonder whether there is any point in adding another voice to a world already full of extraordinary artwork. I have had to learn that the answer lies not in trying to be completely different, but in allowing my own experiences, imagination and way of seeing to shape what I make.

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My process is constantly changing. I am still learning, experimenting and finding my way, and I don’t always know where a piece will take me when I begin it. In fact, I often find that I am changed by the artwork as much as the artwork is changed by me.

Perhaps that is what keeps me returning to it.

Through my practice, I explore inner landscapes, stillness, nature, anatomy and fantasy, particularly those quiet spaces where imagination and endurance meet.

I don’t always have the energy to travel very far in the physical world.

So I make worlds of my own.